Leaving Wade Alone

I talked about Nexus last time, so might as well talk about Smackdown's version, The Corre, this time. The group is dead. What more is there to say?

Zeke is the Intercontinental Champion. I never really liked him. Where can this push really go? Another Bobby Lashley? At best, I can see Zeke ending up as an upper-midcarder. He will be pulled in for a few main-event feuds now and then, but he will never really stick long in the scene. I also do not see his overness holding firm. Big brutes pushed like this do not always work out well. I do not see Zeke having the hype of a Goldberg. I do not see him being as entertaining as Big Show can sometimes be. Until whatever happens happens, no one can complain about this guy not being pushed right now.

Slater and Gabriel are still a pair. If the tag division was more respectable, I would say having them still be a team was a good thing. Who can they feud with on Smackdown? The Usos? The amount of credibility and attention those two have gotten in the last few weeks was indeed for the benefit of Slater and Gabriel. After that, they are still just jobbers who can be used for great wrestling matches on Superstars. Yeah, they can wrestle. Does that mean the WWE is pushing them respectably? No. Back to Slater and Gabriel. Justin Gabriel has a lot of talent in the ring. I would say that they should get him a female manager to speak for him and push him on his own. Slater? He can be sent back to Raw to be a part of an Otunga-led Nexus. That's just what I would do.

Wade Barrett. So much was invested in this guy. And for what? Just so they could feed him to John Cena. What did having him reform a stable on Smackdown do? Who did the destruction of the group really put over? Zeke? I don't think so. Corre could have stayed together without Zeke. The group just destroyed itself from the inside and fizzled out after that. Pretty stupid. I hope Barrett wins Money in the Bank. He has some main-event build already, so putting it with him would not be too much of a reach. If not that, what is left for him? A feud with Daniel Bryan. Match quality is one thing, and I know Daniel Bryan can go, but what would really be the point of that feud? Filler? Nothing fresh to do with these guys? There is a story with the two. Both were a part of Nexus in the beginning. But I feel the feud would have been better if Wade still had a stable or they were fighting over a title. What about pushing Barrett in the main-event feud without winning the briefcase? That is an option, but I do not see Orton's feud with Christian justifiably ending this month. Wouldn't be fair to Christian to be written off that easily. Until feuds to reshuffle, Barrett doesn't have anything to really make him stand out.